Cheats?

Sinapus · #1 February 25th, 2001, 05:20 AM

An undocumented cheat can be run when colonizing planets w/ruins. Single player only, I think.

Save the game beforehand, then colonize. If you get a random assortment of techs and don't like them you can reload the game and try again and get a different set.

It will only work twice, though. If you want to keep trying to get different techs then you have to make two saved games. One to hold your place, then the other to test out the ruins. I.e., I save one file as 'current' then another as 'preart'. After I save the 'preart' file I colonize the planet and see what techs I get. If I get non-unique techs I reload preart and colonize again, getting different techs this time. If I still don't like it I can reload 'current' resave 'preart' and try again.

Or at least I used to. Now I save it so I can reload in case I get one of the colonization techs. It's much more challenging to research those techs all on your own.

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Puke · #2 February 26th, 2001, 08:58 PM

i actually use the FAST cheat alot when testing various things that cant be done in the simulator, or SM or cloak behavior. saves alot of time.

Atrocities · #3 February 26th, 2001, 09:37 PM

another cheat regarding the Random ruins is you just send a colony ship, no people, just the ship. have it colonize, get the tech, and then abandon it. Works good when your fighting for territory, and don't want to loose a colony.

Sinapus · #4 February 26th, 2001, 10:06 PM

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Originally posted by Atrocities:
another cheat regarding the Random ruins is you just send a colony ship, no people, just the ship. have it colonize, get the tech, and then abandon it. Works good when your fighting for territory, and don't want to loose a colony.

Or just don't want to fight a war over a system you don't want or need.

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"What do -you- want?" "I'd like to live -just- long enough to be there when they cut off your head and stick it on a pike as a warning to the next ten generations that some favors come with too high a price. I would look up into your lifeless eyes and wave like this..." *waggle* "...can you and your associates arrange that for me, Mr. Morden?"